Vehicle-reach.



No. 697,224. 7 Patented Apr. 8,. I902.

J. W. TRAVIS & H. A. DENNEY.

VEHICLE REACH.

(Application med Sept. 30, 1901. (N o M o d e l UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN IV. TRAVIS, OF REARDAN, AND HARRISON A. DENNEY, OF MEDICAL LAKE, WASHINGTON.

VEHICLE-REACH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,224, dated April 8, 1902.

Application filed $eptember 30, 1901. Serial No. 77,050. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN WV. TRAVIS, residing at Reardan, in the county of Lincoln, and HARRISON A. DENNEY, residing at Medical Lake, in the county of Spokane, State of Washington, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Inn provements in Vehicle-Reaches; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to vehicle-reaches.

The object of the invention is to provide a two-part reach which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and which will permit of a vehicle making much shorter turns than when a single rigid reach is used, provision also being made to compensate for any sudden shocks in making a quick short turn, thereby relieving the pivot which connects the two parts of the reach of undue strain.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying'drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the adjacent ends of our improved reach. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal Vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. i is a vertical cross-sectional view.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A and B denote the two-part reach.

0 denotes two plates, one arranged above and the other below the adjacent ends of the reach sections and each provided with an extension D, which is bolted to the section B against movement,and with a segmental head, which is connected by a pivot-bolt F to the section A of the reach. The lower plate has at its rear corners upwardly-projecting ears, while the upper plate has at its rear corners downwardly-projecting ears which lie within the first-named ears.

The section A of the reach at its rear end at a point to the rear of its pivotal connection with the plates is provided with a trans- 5o verse aperture G, in which is secured by a vertical bolt or otherwise a coiled spring H, the ends of which project beyond the side faces of the section A of the reach, and when the vehicle is turned short one of said ends abuts against one set of ears, thus yielding and preventing sudden shock to the parts, as well as relieving the pivot-bolt of undue strain incident to shock in the sudden and short turning of the vehicle.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of our invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-

1. The combination with a two-part reach, of two plates secured to one part of the reach on its upper and lower sides against movement and provided with stop-ears, a bolt pivotally connecting the other part of the reach to the forward end of the plates, and a coiled 8o spring carried by the rear end of the forward part of the reach and adapted to coact with the stop-ears and thereby relieve the pivotbolt of undue strain, substantially as set forth.-

2. The combination with a'two-part reach,

our hands in presence of the subscribing witnesses.

JOHN W. TRAVIS. HARRISON A. DENNEY.

Witnesses as to signature of J ohnW.Travis O. A. MENGER, A. E. IMHOFF.

Witnesses as to signature of Harrison A. Denney:

T. O. HUNTER, JOHN WIOKHAM. 

